Posted on October 23, 2025
Spiritual Pursuit Fridays: Worship Outside of the Chapel Walls
This year Gordon College is trying something new during the Friday chapel hour—Spiritual Pursuit Fridays.
News and Stories
Posted on October 1, 2025
Gordon College Launches Doctor of Education in the Science of Learning to Develop Expert Scholar-Practitioners
The Herschend School of Education has announced the institution’s first doctoral program—a Doctor of Education in the Science of Learning—to address the nation’s literacy crisis and equip the next generation of education leaders, teacher educators and advocates.
Posted on September 25, 2025
The Spirit of Barrington: A Celebrated Legacy
Barrington College lives on at Gordon through its traditions, buildings and special events.
Posted on August 28, 2025
From Tanglewood to the Classroom: Sarita Kwok’s Summers with the Boston Symphony Orchestra
For a handful of summers, including this one, Dr. Sarita Kwok, dean of the Adams School of Music and the Arts, has joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood as a guest violinist.
Posted on July 30, 2025
Matt Sakdalan’s Paré Brings Golf Apparel to Paris Fashion Week
Matt Sakdalan ’14 (business management) founded Paré—a lifestyle brand offering fashion-forward golf apparel. He and the brand were recently showcased at Paris Fashion Week 2025. We sat down with him to ask about becoming an entrepreneur and his time in Paris.
Posted on July 8, 2025
The Garden School: Jon ’06 and Ben Zoba's ’05 Approach to Farming and Spiritual Growth
Jon ’06 and Ben Zoba ’05 founded The Garden School: Beverly, a faith-based community centered around learning about and caring for God’s creation, in 2016. We sat down to ask them about how they see creation care and education as integral to the Christian faith and life.
Posted on June 16, 2025
90 Years of Faith and Learning: The Edwards Family Story at Gordon
This May Crisana Speer ’25 (communication and theatre arts) graduated exactly 90 years after her great-grandfather and 35 years after her mother, and they all graduated from Gordon College. Crisana represents the 4th generation of Gordon graduates in the Edwards-Speer family, and she received the 16th degree from either Gordon College or Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary conferred on an Edwards family member.
Posted on June 12, 2025
Claire Hoag ’22 ’23M Wins Wright Award for Uplifting Students at Peabody High School
This year’s recipient of the Margaret C. Wright Memorial Alumni Award, Claire Hoag ’22 ’23M, teaches history and current events just 10 miles from Gordon, at the underserved community of Peabody Veterans Memorial High School.
Posted on May 29, 2025
Gordon Global Education Office’s First Exchange Program with LCC International University
An exchange program has been established with LCC International University and Gordon College, allowing LCC students from Eastern Europe to spend a semester at Gordon. We talked to a few students from each side of the exchange about what it was like.
Posted on May 21, 2025
Meet Evangeline: The Transfer Student Who Graduated with Honors at Age 18
Evangeline Gillard ’25 (linguistics) graduated at the age of 18—and she did it along with earning a 4.0. cumulative GPA, Outstanding Academic Achievement recognition and Phi Alpha Chi status. As one of the youngest graduates in Gordon College history, Gillard arrived on campus in the fall of 2023 from University of Northwestern, St. Paul as part of Gordon’s 2+2 transfer students program.
Posted on May 9, 2025
A New Chapter for A. J. Gordon Memorial Chapel: Summer 2025 Refurbishment
This summer the interior of A. J. Gordon Memorial Chapel will undergo a refresh. Since its completion in 1993, the Chapel has served as a campus icon and Gordon’s largest gathering space. Here are four things we’re excited to see in this upcoming renovation.
Posted on April 29, 2025
Shining a Light: The 2025 Hope and Health Conference at Gordon College
At the third annual Hope and Health Conference hosted by Gordon College’s Graduate Public Health Program, all speakers and attendees were unified by the same desire: to build partnerships and networks to improve their ability to serve and love communities, particularly those who are vulnerable and overlooked.
Posted on April 25, 2025
Gordon in the News: USA Today Special Edition
Gordon College has been prominently featured in USA Today's special Easter edition published in April 2025.